#Quincey deserved better

[thedoorbird]

Quincey P “take my heart back to texas” Morris

a little sketch I did in honor of my boy Quincey

A very sad Quincey P Morris day to those who …no one should be celebrating.

god the acting in re: Dracula had me in tears!

[hallaburger]

my biggest dracula movie/tv adaptation gripe is that they never. Ever. get jack seward right. and they seldom get arthur and quincey right. but nobody does jack the way he should be: young, handsome, charming, smart, deeply observant, driven by curiosity, and devoted to a fault.

the hero boys commonly feel like an afterthought by directors and screenwriters - like they're interchangeable, easily omitted or substituted, swallowed up by abraham van helsing's significance. it's really unfortunate, especially since they each feel, in the book, so lovingly created and characterized. they each have importance and i wish more people understood that.

[sunshine-zenith]

Nightcore Mamma Mia plays distantly in the background

[see-arcane]

With a total of 1,176 votes tallied, the preferred plushie poll winner with 28.8% of votes is…

What a close one! Jonathan came in with 27.7%, the mysterious Mr. Morse with 24.9% and, delicious irony of ironies, London Dracula with 18.9%. Rest in pieces. Now, what does all this mean going forward?

First, just to reconfirm: I will absolutely be looking into the costs for having more than one plushie character produced at a time. For all that Mina has the top spot if it comes down to a solo run, Nobody Wants to Separate the Gothic Horror Soulmates, even as wee little plushies. It hurts my heart to think of. Mina and Jonathan deserve to sit side by side on everyone’s pillow. Just as Quinn Morse deserves to haunt the pillow next to theirs while casually throttling and carving London Dracula into pieces. For enrichment.

But beyond that, some other key things:

How is this getting done?

Sadly, I was not a cool enough kid for Makeship to greenlight a collaboration with me. Tragique. But while I was sitting around waiting for them to get back to me, I had time to browse around for other options. During that sniffing around I dug up a couple of promising manufacturers—one of which has some really neat options for not only plush toys, but all sorts of bric-a-brac like stationery, shirts, bags, cups, et cetera—and I plan to reach out to them for quotes to start with. Nothing really gets to move forward until I can nail down prices and the amount of X plushies to be made.

I am more than a little hesitant to tell anyone MAKE ME 1000+ PLUSHIES, PLEASE, THE TUMBLR POLL SAID THEY’RE GOOD FOR IT. These aren’t as simple as print/make-on-demand products, so I need to be careful estimating the amount of folks ready and willing to drop money on the little guys. But I will keep everyone updated on the numbers regardless!

Sooo is this a crowdfunding thing or an investment or what?

Don’t know yet. I am still between jobs at the moment—reminder to check out my Ko-Fi if you want to drop me a buck or commission some art!—but if this is something I can safely drop some of my own money in with the guarantee that it will let me do better than break even, I’ll do what I can out of pocket. However, if the cost of making something of good quality turns out too steep, I’ll start looking into stuff like Kickstarter and Backerkit and so on. I want to be sure I’m not gutting anybody’s wallet to pull this off and I want to be double-sure that what we’re paying for isn’t some flimsy throwaway junk. We are all here on the same Dracula book club starving artist site, so It Has to Be Worth It and not a money-sink for anyone.

Got it. Any other info to spare?

For the plushies specifically, this is when I’ll start:

Polishing up the current four designs into cleaner illustrations with different angles to provide for mockup samples with whoever I pick to manufacture with. If I get stuck on something—(which is likely)—I may throw up another poll to bug everyone about palettes and fashion choices. I have a few more designs I haven’t dropped yet for Epilogue Harkers, a non-Bloofer Lucy, and keychains that I’d love to share too!

Eyeballing materials. I’m already picturing a very close-cut cloth for the build and clothes, but I need to decide on filling too. Stiff overstuffing to hold a pose versus softer/lighter plush for floppy cuddleability. 

Poking at other character roughs, ala the Suitor Squad, the Weird Sisters, Van Helsing, Renfield, and Baby Quincey. And if all of those go well…

…maybe some designs for other favorites in the public domain playground. (Looks meaningfully at Clarimonde, Carmilla, Victor Frankenstein and the Creature, the King in Yellow, too many others.) ((But that’s all far-future stuff at the moment.))

Cool! But you also mentioned something about other merch?

I did.

Because goddamn do I want some Dracula-themed stationery. Journals! Memo pads! Pens! Every day we don’t have these things with the Harkers’ mark upon them is a victory for the forces of Count Dracula’s document-destroying evil. Likewise for shirts, totes, mugs, keychains, face masks and other things that could use some novel-flavored goodies. Hell, I’ll probably even get on with making stuff for The Vampyres to link on my website too. Because I am. Maybe behind on that. By several months.

Anyway.

I’ve got to start working on some designs for those too while the plushie process is progressing. Pray that my carpals don’t get tunneled.

Nice! Sounds like your plate is pretty full. So that’s it, right?

:)

Arcane?

:3c

Arcane. I need you to tell me this is all you’re working on.

>:}

Arcane.

Please stand by.

I have a little treat brewing for the Dracula Dailiers and @re-dracula folks in honor of a very special day for our good friend Jonathan Harker.

[spooky-something]

Bonus doodles for Reinfield and a different John Sketch, because we couldn't fit them 💔

actually devastated, we finished Dracula and I wanna cry (I did)

Anyways, here's some silly doodles we did between each chapter whilst reading! :'D

(We'll likely redesign/resketch these characters, then post them on here, if we haven't already)

Since this copy isn't ours, the sticky notes we plan to leave in there will be shipped off to our school, where any loser in our local area may find them, so that's cool or whatever 💀💔

[thethirdromana]

Dracula characters as 2023 Eurovision finalists

This post would definitely have been better if I'd thought of it 24 hours ago.

Dracula - Germany (final points: 18)

Finishes last, by turns comical and sinister.

Arthur Holmwood - United Kingdom (final points: 24)

When your main contribution to proceedings is financial.

Jack Seward - Serbia (final points: 30)

Weird mad scientist wet cat man. Trying to look tough but we would all like to give him a hug.

Mina Murray - Austria (final points: 120)

United by being cool women who deserved a better critical response.

Abraham van Helsing - Croatia (final points: 123)

Incomprehensible old men speaking up against an invading evil.

Lucy Westenra - Czechia (final points: 129)

Feel like I could have picked any of half a dozen beautiful women singing mournfully, to be honest.

Quincey Morris - Australia (final points: 151)

Because Australia in Eurovision makes about as much sense as a cowboy in Dracula.

Jonathan Harker - Finland (final points: 526)

Starts off trapped in a box (/castle), ends up the fan favourite.

[leer-reading-lire]

Last read:

Title: Dracula

Author: Bram Stoker

Illustrator: Edward Gorey

Number of Pages: 427

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

First published: 1897

Read: 3 May – 27 November 2023

Thoughts: 

I finally got around to re-read this novel! And I couldn’t have done it without Dracula daily and everyone in Tumblr commenting the story and sharing their art. 

I loved the experience of reading along with so many people and their posts about it always gave me food for thought. It truly made my reflections about the book richer. 

The first time I read this epistolary novel I was fifteen years old and since then I had forgotten many important plot points, as well as some characters. However, I remembered that I had loved the story, and I was fascinated by Mina Murray and Jonathan Harker. Mina was my favorite character and, back then, my favorite suitor was John Seward, followed by Quincey Morris. 

I definitely appreciated reading the letters and diaries’ entries in chronological order. I think it may be the better option for a first-time reader.

This time around I felt Jonathan’s terror, hopelessness, and desperation. I was genuinely moved by his trials and tribulations when he was held prisoner at Dracula’s castle.

I loved the voyage of the Demeter because I could feel the anxiety and fear of the sailors. The whole journey was nerve-wrecking.

A character that took me by surprised and completely won me over was Lucy Westenra. I’m angry in her behalf for all the horrible adaptations that portray her under misogynistic lights. A particularly terrifying scene for me was Mrs. Westenra’s death. And when Lucy died was heartbreaking. 

The part with the Bloofer Lady was intriguing. Here I have to say that while I had overlooked Arthur Holmwood in my first reading years ago, this time I got to appreciate his character and I could clearly see why Lucy had chosen him. He was so kind and loved her very much. They were so in love and eager to start their live together, it was all so tragic. 

Likewise, I’m in awe for John Quincey, Arthur Holmwood and Quincey Morris’ friendship. The affection that the three friends had for each other is hard to miss. I was astonished by Stoker; all his depictions of masculinity are something else. Specially, in Jonathan’s case.

Abraham van Helsing annoyed me and frustrated me for most of the time that he was on the page. I think I only warmed up to him in the final part when he and Mina traveled to Dracula’s castle.

Mina was extraordinary! I loved that she liked to ask about ghost stories, and she was so smart, organized and kind. I’m particularly keen on her hyperfixation with train schedules. 

The whole scene when Dracula attacked Mina was appalling, truly nightmarish and gruesome. I can’t for the life of me figure out why there are so many adaptations and (fan)fiction where they’re presented as a romantic couple! In my opinion, romanticize abuse is nauseating.

In general, I think pop culture has failed both Lucy and Mina and they certainly deserve better. 

The last section where the whole gang finally comes together; they miraculously stop keeping information from Mina (as they obviously should have done from the beginning); and they work together to defeat Dracula is very exciting! 

The ending was gratifying in many ways, although of course it was ultimately bittersweet. 

This is a fantastic book, extraordinarily well written and full of adventure, fright, suspense, anticipation, mystery, and action. It’s without a doubt one of my favorite novels ever. 

[lauralot89]

"All right; I'll go now"; and I asked the others to wait a few minutes for me, as I had to go and see my "patient."

why is patient in quotation marks

"Take me with you, friend John," said the Professor..."May I come also?" asked Lord Godalming. "Me too?" said Quincey Morris. "May I come?" said Harker. I nodded, and we all went down the passage together.

Renfield is now a fun field trip for the class

I was so much astonished, that the oddness of introducing a madman in an asylum did not strike me at the moment

I know I say this every time, but man, psychology sucked in 1893

Honestly, I would say Seward deserves everything he gets for not listening to Renfield, but Seward isn't the only one to suffer, unfortunately

"You will, I trust, Dr. Seward, do me the justice to bear in mind, later on, that I did what I could to convince you to-night."

YOU TELL HIM

I went with the party to the search with an easy mind, for I think I never saw Mina so absolutely strong and well.

foreshadowing is a narrative device

"Say, Jack, if that man wasn't attempting a bluff, he is about the sanest lunatic I ever saw. I'm not sure, but I believe that he had some serious purpose, and if he had, it was pretty rough on him not to get a chance."

Quincey continues to be the smartest man ever

but he seems so mixed up with the Count in an indexy kind of way

in a what

I only hope we have done what is best.

you haven't

He held up a little silver whistle, as he remarked:—

"That old place may be full of rats, and if so, I've got an antidote on call."

wait

do whistles deter rats?

remind me why they thought it was a good idea to go into Carfax at night, when the Count is most powerful?

Then, taking his little silver whistle from his pocket, he blew a low, shrill call. It was answered from behind Dr. Seward's house by the yelping of dogs, and after about a minute three terriers came dashing round the corner of the house.

oh okay

The rats were multiplying in thousands, and we moved out.

sudden stupid thought that came into my head and won't leave: what if Dracula wasn't technically cooking the food in Transylvania? What if he and one of the rats there were doing their own version of Ratatouille?

More than all do I rejoice that this, our first—and perhaps our most difficult and dangerous—step has been accomplished without the bringing thereinto our most sweet Madam Mina or troubling her waking or sleeping thoughts with sights and sounds and smells of horror which she might never forget.

*cries* You are all so stupid.

She looks paler than usual. I hope the meeting to-night has not upset her. I am truly thankful that she is to be left out of our future work, and even of our deliberations. It is too great a strain for a woman to bear. I did not think so at first, but I know better now.

SO STUPID.

Even Mina must have felt its exhaustion, for though I slept till the sun was high, I was awake before her, and had to call two or three times before she awoke. Indeed, she was so sound asleep that for a few seconds she did not recognize me, but looked at me with a sort of blank terror, as one looks who has been waked out of a bad dream. She complained a little of being tired, and I let her rest till later in the day.

GUYS YOU HAVE READ THE ACCOUNTS OF LUCY'S ILLNESS AND/OR WITNESSED IT YOURSELF, PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER

"I know you well enough; you are the old fool Van Helsing. I wish you would take yourself and your idiotic brain theories somewhere else. Damn all thick-headed Dutchmen!"

God bless Renfield

I shall go, if I may, and cheer myself with a few happy words with that sweet soul Madam Mina

YOU SAW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH LUCY, SEE IT HERE

if she had remained in touch with the affair, it would in time infallibly have wrecked her.

sigh.

deepest longest sigh of all time.

If I hadn't gone to Whitby, perhaps poor dear Lucy would be with us now. She hadn't taken to visiting the churchyard till I came, and if she hadn't come there in the day-time with me she wouldn't have walked there in her sleep; and if she hadn't gone there at night and asleep, that monster couldn't have destroyed her as he did.

Mina no, don't do this to yourself

The gaslight which I had left lit for Jonathan, but turned down, came only like a tiny red spark through the fog, which had evidently grown thicker and poured into the room.

MINA. MINA. YOU HAVE READ LUCY'S MEMORANDUM, PUT IT TOGETHER

To be fair Mina has more of an excuse than anyone else, because Dracula is influencing her now

Suddenly the horror burst upon me that it was thus that Jonathan had seen those awful women growing into reality through the whirling mist in the moonlight, and in my dream I must have fainted, for all became black darkness.

even under Dracula's thrall she's still smarter than everyone else

but of course she won't tell anyone about this. OF COURSE.

I put my question quickly and somewhat sternly, on purpose to disconcert him. The effort succeeded; for an instant he unconsciously relapsed into his old servile manner, bent low before me, and actually fawned upon me

Seward why are you the way that you are

Blow spiders!

Does blow here mean what I think it means

Merciful God! the Count has been to him, and there is some new scheme of terror afoot!

YOU DON'T SAY

Count de Ville

Subtle, Drac. Real subtle.

[agirlwithachakram]

dracula cast but everyone's like twenty years older because I think that's interesting, why didn't mina and lucy get married yet, and jonathan is rebooting his life as a lawyer, etc.

Mina: Laura Donnelly. give Mina PRESENCE. she walks into a room and only Van Helsing has the gall to act like she's not up for anything

Jonathan: Tom Hardy. HEAR ME OUT OKAY? I know he's all buff normally but just ask him to cut the protein shakes and pushups for a couple months and he'll be wearing period clothing anyway. he can look like an elegant victorian fellow as needed but more importantly he can scramble and he's not a big imposing dude and we already know he can pull off "mark me down as scared AND horny" when pursued by an obsessive monster. also i want to see him climb out the window, lizard fashion, and be deathly ill and terrified and cling to Mina's arm scandalously.

Quincey: Pedro Pascal. I just think it would be fun

Arthur: John Boyega. he and Lucy can be the youngsters in the Gang.

Lucy: Anna Popplewell. I haven't seen her in anything since Narnia and I want to. I think she'd make a spooky bloofer lady

Seward: Sendhil Ramamurthy. i know, Seward is kind of a tool and SR deserves better. But consider this: i want him in the movie so here he is.

Renfield: Daniel Craig, he would kill it.

VH: Now this I struggled with. I don't know enough Dutch (or Flemish?) actors. anyone got an idea?

Drac: yeah I don't know abt this one. The low hanging fruit is Mads Mikkelsen, but I think we can get more interesting. i almost want Sebastian Stan, because he is actually Romanian, i want to see him terrorize and eyefuck a stressed out Tom Hardy, he has charisma, he always gives everything he has. okay yeah. I convinced myself. Sebastian Stan for Drac. but none of this "mina's in love with drac" bullshit!

[eighthman-bound]

Re:Dracula's portrayal of Quincey Morris's tragic passing with the acting, the direction and the music was so beautifully bittersweet, it has made me even more furious at how the 90's movie casually treated Quincy's death there as an afterthought.

He deserved better; and with a mournfull, wholehearted Texas cowboy ballad in the credits, Re:Dracula have given him the send-off he deserved.

Thank you for your service, our dear friend

[random-user753]

"As I knew that the only cure for this sort of thing was work, I went down amongst the patients."

I relate to Jack - when things get too much, working is quiet the escape (at least for me).

"In my manner of doing it there was, I now see, something of cruelty. I seemed to wish to keep him to the point of his madness—a thing which I avoid with the patients as I would the mouth of hell."

But the downside of fleeing into work is also demonstrated by Seward - often, one pushes too far, either regarding oneself or another one. And that's def no way to go - at least, Seward is self-concious about it.

Also a welcome to Mr Renfield - you truely deserve a more understanding age and (nothing against Seward) a better psychiatrist.

"He's coming, too, and we both want to mingle our weeps over the wine-cup, and to drink a health with all our hearts to the happiest man in all the wide world, who has won the noblest heart that God has made and the best worth winning."

I get now why seemingly everyone here adores Quincey - he's not jealous despite his rejection, is there for both his friends in their respective happiness/sadness and on top of it is honestly happy for Arthur.

Also @ almost every Dracula-adaptation: the noblest heart - do you hear it? Not whatever you cooked up whenever you look at poor Lucy...

"We shall both swear to leave you at home if you drink too deep to a certain pair of eyes."

This line always makes me chuckle for it's a pretty nice way to say "we have seen you in every situation and love to help out if you overdo it tonight".

[gcldensnitch]

real life footage of Dawn writing his silly, little article with the title "breaking: prince of alderly is a MANWHORE!" in the next chapter

anyways,,,,,

HPMA AU; A Christmas Prince

Chapter 6: When In Alderly

Summary: The royal family holds a benefit for a local orphanage. Dawn and Olympia have an adventure. Dawn finds himself in danger in more ways than one.

Words: 4.6k

A/N: This chapter has a spicy scene but it’s not explicit. The smut is only implied but if somebody wants it, I can post a bonus chapter.

Characters:

Dawn Harvelle and Evander Alderly by @potionboy3​

Diana Somerset by @endlessly-cursed​

Beginning | Previous Chapter | Next Chapter

Chapter 6: When in Alderly

The next day Dawn was late to his meeting with Olympia. He was lightly out of breath when he entered the room.

“Dawn!” Olympia greeted him. “Did you run here?”

“Sorry I’m late, I couldn’t find socks.”

“Did you pack insufficiently?” asked Olympia.

“Yeah, maybe a little…”

“Hm.”

“So, what do you want to do today?” he asked her.

“How about you decide this time?” Olympia suggested. “What do you normally do?”

“I don’t suppose you have a mall here?”

“Of course we have a shopping center.”

“I don’t suppose we’re allowed to go?”

“No, I’m not supposed to leave, especially with you,” Olympia said.

“People might assume I’m your bae.”

“That would be funny.”

“How about a photoshoot?” Dawn suggested.

“A photoshoot?”

“Yeah, I like photography and a winter-y shoot might be fun to do.”

“Alright,” Olympia agreed. “On one condition.”

“What’s that?”

“I get to choose which pictures you use in your article,” she said matter-of-factly. Dawn froze. Then he laughed nervously.

Keep reading

[ibrithir-was-here]

A couple questions!

What kind of personality do you see canon timeline Quincey Harker having? Does he get told what happened on an early age when he figures that he's different than the other kids or why he has the names of people who aren't related to his parents/Van Helsing isn't either one's father?

Is Rosemary having traits that Basil did not have? Does she have a better taste. Is she a rationalist or a romantic?

He's a very kind and thoughtful boy, quick to stand up for others and always very polite to everyone (until they prove they don't deserve it and then that politeness becomes a sheild until he figures out how to get them their due)

He is told the full story eventually. When he's around 12ish, he reads the published manuscript, and they have to tell him the full truth then. Until that happens, Jonathan and Mina give him child appropriate versions of how he came by his namesakes and how they all knew each other, but the whole dark tale is for when he's older. Let him have as much of a normal happy childhood as he can without that hanging over him.

Rosemary does indeed have better taste (though she's still prone to be weak for a pretty clever blonde). Her life this time around isnt as privileged or protected as Basil's was as an upperclass gentlemen (hidden romantic preferences aside) so she's had to be more discerning and cautious. She got perhaps more emotional intelligence then Basil did and is less prone to make excuses for people's bad behavior.

That being said, she's definitely still more of a romantic at heart, one who would prefer to look for the good in the world and others, but she's a romantic who's been burned over, both in this life and the last. She'd like for things to live up to their ideal, and still clings inside to the hope that they will, but knows intellectually that more often then not reality disappoints, and its better to be prepared.

That being said, in her more vulnerable moments she definitely leans more into her hopeful side and is more willing to accept things on how she hopes they are--like Hal's offer of help and friendship.

Her rational mind might tell her to be cautious of getting her hopes up for a stranger, but her heart wants very much to have a friend right now, especially one who might be able to get to the bottom of all the strange things happening to her.

[see-arcane]

Renfield (2023) Thoughts fresh from the theater

Spoilers and so on below

If I had to summarize the whole movie, it would be, “First fanfiction ever written by a middle schooler who just finished watching Dracula (1931), fell in love with its version of Renfield, and made a clumsy attempt at updating and rescuing him with an AU that gives him a massive century-long body count and a happy ending at the cost of giving only him and Dracula any real effort in character while leaving the rest of the cast to be filler.”

Which is to say, C+.

Count Cageula and Houltfield were fun and you could tell they were putting energy and joy into their roles. Everything else? Oof.

Oof.

The supporting cast’s only highlights were the support group’s members and the actress playing the mob boss Bellafrancesca—big bonus points to her for so easily selling a camp villain counterpart to Cageula; instant evil MILF4DILF chemistry in their one scene together, 11/10.

Meanwhile, the majority of the characters delivered their lines like high schoolers stumbling through their first play. Awkwafina was already wince-inducing for making her play Token Good Cop with Quincey’s name tagged on, but she acted this whole thing like she was counting down until payday. There’s one scene towards the climax where she’s tricking Cageula to get close for an attack, and her delivery has less character to it than an Alexa response.

But then, there wasn’t exactly a ton of great dialogue to work with. The few plum lines were reserved for Hoult and Cage. Everyone else got raisins.

Other practical nitpicks would be the very odd choice to go 100% on some great monster and gore prosthetics, but then revert back to early 2000s-grade CGI blood spurts. These victims were goddamn gushers. Oh, sorry, not victims—the cannon fodder baddies in the action sequences.

The victims got some good classic bloodshed! Thankfully, the only murdered innocents on screen were killed by Cageula. But, like the trailers hinted, Cageula wanted Houltfield to fetch him some innocents himself. An order we’re led to believe was some ‘new’ order that Houltfield couldn’t bring himself to follow, which would’ve been a great callback to Original Renfield who hit the brakes on obeying Dracula when it threatened Mina. And maybe this really was the first time Cageula made that an explicit order! We do get a scene where Houltfield drags in some villain corpses for Cageula to snack on with him assuming this will satisfy.

But Cageula spits the blood out, declaring it trash. He wants blood from good people.

Which, as certain reveals show, Houltfield should already know, considering he’s spent the better part of a century getting Cageula’s meals. The fact that Houltfield seems surprised at this demand for innocent victims is either him being disappointed that his plan to reduce his own secondhand villainy has been thwarted, or else it’s just a flub in the writing.

And this comes on top of a reveal that Houltfield apparently left his wife and baby daughter behind for ‘greed and power’ offered by Cageula. It’s acknowledged in-dialogue that this wasn’t Cageula’s will, just an opportunity that Houltfield went for.

(An addition that makes me a little gladder that they didn’t try to swap Jonathan Harker (or, to nod back to the 1931 version, ‘John’ Harker) for this spot. Because any version where he would leave behind Mina and their child for Dracula’s sake, no matter the interplay of manipulation or Faustian nonsense, would have been a nail too many in the coffin.)

All that said, it’s very much a mixed bag. So much so that I feel I should give the caveat that I may be being too harsh, as I am a sour little gremlin who’s spent the last year with their head in a vat of Dracula fixation juice. And it also deserves saying that there were good bits worth seeing, Houltfield was very endearing, and the gleefully evil Cageula was a laugh and a half. Watch the movie for that if nothing else. It could be there’s some gold there I missed by being too prickly.

One major silver lining? I am doubly looking forward to having Hoult portray Thomas Hutter in Robert Eggers’ upcoming Nosferatu remake. Thomas Hutter and Renfield ala 1931 are already 90% harvested Jonathan Harker parts, and this movie proves how well Hoult can play the ‘sweetheart manipulated into a bad situation’ character. I’ll take it as a good sign for that role if nothing else.

[dross-the-fish]

So the fling Dorian and Adam had wasn't romantic on either side but still sounds very painful. Besides the players how did the rest of the motley crew react? I hope some tried to comfort Adam.

Hyde was unsympathetic, advised Adam to think less and just enjoy the experience next time he got to bang someone really hot.

Quincey shared a story about getting his heart broken that made Adam feel a little better.

Larry awkwardly told him he could do better and Adam didn't believe him but appreciated the sentiment

Selma told him it's not uncommon to wind up in bed with a jerk like Dorian "but he ain't gonna change so you gotta let it go for your own sake,"

Erik wasn't there in the original campaign but I can only see it ending with Erik trying to comfort Adam and the topic turning to Christine so Adam ends up being the one doing the comforting.

Watson reassured Adam that he does not deserve to be treated like a toy to be used and thrown away and that he belives Adam is worthy of real love. He just needs to be patient and do his best. Watson would also encourage Adam to have more self-respect and not throw himself at the first person who shows him affection.

Theo would sympathize about being treated like a novelty, as a male impersonator and part time sex worker she's had her share of that and she knows how small it can make someone feel. She'd listen to him and share her own experiences with Dorian Gray. In the original campaign where she was a side character she actually showed up as the entertainment to the party where Gray flirted with Adam.

[thedoorbird]

Adding a close up of the boys in honor of all their asskickery today

Actually, Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Frustrated that a good Dracula adaptation doesn’t exist I just made my own movie poster for the movie that should exist but somehow doesn’t!!!